Category: prematch

Thursday's opponent: FC Torino.

Filadelfia and its magic. An article about Torino cannot be made, without mentioning the great Torino of the 1940s, capable of winning 5 league titles in a row and remaining unbeaten for 6 years in a row at Filadelfia. ...

Sunday opponent: the Bologna FC.

The Sanctuary of San Luca is a historic monument, artistically appreciable, of great religious value (and the Bolognese also believe miraculous). From the beautiful 17th century portico you can easily reach the guest sector. Now I think that Our Lady too ...

Thursday's opponent: the CSKA Sofia

In Bulgaria, the political clash is between the pro-Russian and pro-Soviet left and the pro-European and above all democratic right, apart from the extremists who refer to Nazism. It is a very frequent clash in the political landscape of Eastern Europe after the fall of ...

Sunday's opponent: Sassuolo

"Comrade Ferrandini is coming from Rome, let's remove the image of Stalin" "Ah, for me it can stay there too". Comrade Ferrandini was an Emilian elected as a parliamentarian in the PCI and, despite the fact that we are in the late 1950s, in the Khrushchev period, ...

Sunday's opponent: the Napoli.

Maybe I shouldn't talk about Maradona, also because now everyone is talking about it. Many certainly speak of it in a better way than me (like the great director of “Il Romanista”, Tonino Cagnucci). Others have spoken of it shamefully. And it's…

Thursday's opponent: the Cluj.

The legend of Vlad III and his beautiful Bran Castle. Between Transylvania and Wallachia stands Bran Castle, the closest to Bram Stocker's description of Dracula. The most important character of this castle ...

Sunday opponent: the Parma.

When I went away to Parma (a good 3-0 for us), I was especially struck by the yellow color of the buildings. It is a vivid and vital yellow. A unique shade of yellow that is called Giallo Parma. Daverio and Parmigianino. ...

Sunday opponent: Genoa.

Signorini. Il profilo twitter @NoielaRoma ci ricorda quanto è importante ricordare Gianluca Signorini, nell’anniversario della sua morte, da parte della Roma, con cui ha giocato nel 1987-88, e da parte del Genoa, di cui era capitano e bandiera. Allo stesso…

Thursday's opponent: the Cluj.

The city of Cluj is a university city (also relevant from an artistic point of view) and is located in Transylvania (the historic and legendary Dracula region). After the end of communism in Romania, Cluj became a club ...

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